Author Topic: Age of those using this Trapping Forum (Read 2022 times)

Bogmaster · « **on:** October 05, 2009, 12:54:49 PM »

Seems like every once in a while we get a young gung ho newbie on here,which is great. It just seems like it is happening less and less.
So I thought I would poll those members that use this forum,as to your age.
Tom

RdFx · « **Reply #1 on:** October 06, 2009, 05:21:55 PM »

Boggy how come you didnt put down older than mud age? You know you have to tell the truth about your age.....

Bogmaster · « **Reply #2 on:** October 07, 2009, 06:44:41 AM »

Lee, I skipped --older than Methusala--on purpose.
Tom

rzwieg · « **Reply #3 on:** October 07, 2009, 09:02:27 PM »

Seems like younger guys lose interest quick.

I'll be forty one next week. Except for the two years I became obsessed with rock climbing I've been at it since the age of nine. Most years I'll set a few traps; some years I set alot. Anyway the whole year seems to sour if I can't trap.

Bogmaster · « **Reply #4 on:** October 08, 2009, 05:19:46 AM »

All outdoor activities are on the decline .Young people now days(man that makes me sound old) spend more time on their computers and game screens than they do out side.
They are also looking for --instant gratification--if they ask a question on a forum like this, they want it answered immediately.
Now we must clarify this--not all are like this,just an awful lot of them.
Computers and computer games,are a big factor--in the death of the outdoors,to our young people.
Tom

Newt · « **Reply #5 on:** October 08, 2009, 12:44:49 PM »

I'll be 98 next year.ALL you are still wet behind the ears.

RdFx · « **Reply #6 on:** October 08, 2009, 04:40:13 PM »

Slimey i knew there was a reason you got that name.....your old!!!!!!!! But not too old to set traps...

rzwieg · « **Reply #7 on:** October 08, 2009, 10:04:28 PM »

Quote from: Bogmaster on October 08, 2009, 05:19:46 AM

All outdoor activities are on the decline .Young people now days(man that makes me sound old) spend more time on their computers and game screens than they do out side.
They are also looking for --instant gratification--if they ask a question on a forum like this, they want it answered immediately.
Now we must clarify this--not all are like this,just an awful lot of them.
Computers and computer games,are a big factor--in the death of the outdoors,to our young people.
Tom

Do you remember when you knew some things you had to learn on your own?

The internet is a good thing mostly for the reasons stated, but kids now have 4 wheelers, a boat, and car or truck. We earned that car/truck with fur money. I guess what I'm saying is that adventure brought us to trapping. Money is secondary.

Arier Blut · « **Reply #8 on:** October 09, 2009, 03:22:44 AM »

I wish more parents would get their kids involved in something like hunting, fishing or trapping. To many things out there to lead them astray these days. Especially when they are handed everything instead of working for their own things.

And Mr. Newt by golly I bet you can still trap circles around us whipper snappers. Blessings to you and yours.

Bogmaster · « **Reply #9 on:** October 09, 2009, 05:00:07 AM »

That darn Newt,he must be aging 5 years for every one of ours.He used to be my age,now he is --REAL OLD.Either that or I have missed out on about 20 years.
New Jersey must be real hard on a guy.Or is that in turtle years,Newt?
Tom

Newt · « **Reply #10 on:** October 09, 2009, 11:16:28 AM »

Turtle years

u.b. · « **Reply #11 on:** October 10, 2009, 03:03:15 AM »

Hard to get kids going in the outdoors. Today is the first day of a youth deer hunt. 1 nephew and 2 nieces that said they wanted to go. Until football and volleyball came up. I have asked them to ride along trapping and they looked at me like i had 3 eyes. When i was a kid my parents couldn't keep me inside.Fished hunted and trapped what ever was the season.

RayA · « **Reply #12 on:** October 10, 2009, 03:33:05 AM »

Folks now days dont seam to have time for the finner things in life . Most are either playing some video game or watching some stupid show on the tube. ask about any teen age person how long they spend out doors a day.most will reply why would i be out side nothing to do out there. Iam just wondering if they have no imagination at all or what. cant count the number a times i walked 3/4 mile across the corn field across from Ma's just to see what ducks or what water critters were out and about. But most kids now days would be crippled by walkin that far thru a plowed field or wouldnt have common since enough to put a coat on if they were going to be out that long.

Hi guys and gals long time no seeum

RdFx · « **Reply #13 on:** October 10, 2009, 05:42:29 AM »

Yeppers, kids nowdays dont want to do anything outside concerning trapping , hunting, fishing or just walking in the outdoors.....when i find a kid or adult that wants to learn trapping ect. i go out of my way to teach ect....my mother always was looking for me as i was outdoors someplace.... but mom went with me as needed an adult when i went duck hunting first time..... 12 years old...... got a blue wing teal that floated downstream and hung up on fence that went across stream and i balanced myself on fence like a tightwire walker balancing as you wobble back and forth.... got the duck though.... ahh memories..... rather have those memories than what kids might have from playing computer games......

Bogmaster · « **Reply #14 on:** October 17, 2009, 01:47:34 AM »

Either--all the young ones can't read LOL--or we are just plain old.And I do believe its the latter.
Tom

RdFx · « **Reply #15 on:** October 17, 2009, 03:30:38 AM »

Hey Tom, speak for your self as being old.......im not old just grey and ancient ...LOL.... geese dont seem to be moving thru much here in central wi , at least a big push south...just stragglers coming thru now and then and some resting.. how is it up by you?

Bogmaster · « **Reply #16 on:** October 20, 2009, 05:30:25 AM »

Lee, we always seem to have geese around here.
Finally picked up my federal stamp,so I hope to be able to make at least a short trip north to get my feet wet.
Our snow and cold a week ago ,is supposed to have pushed some ducks into the state.
Tom

fishdaddy · « **Reply #17 on:** October 25, 2009, 05:11:29 PM »

im 41 dont feel a day over 40

BUCKDUSTER · « **Reply #18 on:** October 26, 2009, 02:04:08 PM »

i'm new to trapping but have been a sportsman all my life. i have a son thats almost 5, and he is into hunting and fishing like i have never seen. it seems if parents would take the kids with them starting young, then it becomes a part of them. my boy could be playing out front with all his freinds, and will drop the toys to go shoot at some squirels with me, or go drown a few worms. he is part of my inspiration to get into trapping. its just another avenue to get in touch with the outdoors and the amazing animals that we pursue. i'm hoping you guys are gonna give me the advise i need to be kindda successful at it!! he thinks im a pro at everything, and i dont want to let the kid down!! oh, and i'm 34

barber · « **Reply #19 on:** October 29, 2009, 05:15:10 AM »

78 next month

Bogmaster · « **Reply #20 on:** November 17, 2009, 05:50:49 AM »

We seem to be a collection-- of mainly --Old Farts.
Tom

RdFx · « **Reply #21 on:** November 17, 2009, 12:22:18 PM »

Hey there ! You talking about yourself?

hillbill · « **Reply #22 on:** November 17, 2009, 02:47:22 PM »

oh im 44 so i dont classify as a old fart,... yet.trapped lat year for the first time in 20 yrs. loved it, just seen several bobcats here. might have a go at them or maybe call them in with predator calls, aint made u/p my mind yet.HAPPY TRAPPIN!

camofry · « **Reply #23 on:** November 20, 2009, 09:52:25 AM »

I dont see myself as a old fart at 46, however, I am find that it takes longer to do less every year.

RdFx · « **Reply #24 on:** November 20, 2009, 02:56:22 PM »

Camo i started to find that out when i turned 60 and it slows down some every year after that also... the mind says lets and the body says " nope!" LOL

coyotesbluff · « **Reply #25 on:** November 28, 2009, 03:34:45 AM »

Well I'm 40 & always been an advid hunter , fisherman, & now learning as I go Trapper.
I'm pretty much self taught by mistakes {lots of'em} and by reading lots of books,and some shows.
I'm rough but get the job done.
I think what it is with the kids and parents these days has ALOT to do with technology and and what it has done for us and the HURT that it has done for us as well. Technology has taken away from old time thoughts and ways of how things were done. If you are raised in a world of technology and being taught in school that there was no such thing as Daniel Boon or Davy Crockett and no mention of such a thing as a fur trade or hunting for survival to keep your families fed and living without electricity and using an outhouse.....Well your gonna keep with technology and be totally blinded about a "TRADITION"
on how AMERICA was way of life that kept us alive. I don't mean to ramble on sorry for that.

RdFx · « **Reply #26 on:** November 28, 2009, 01:10:04 PM »

Nah yotesbuff , you just stated fact.....sometimes think of what the mountain men went thru and wages they made compared to Astor and think of we are doing and its pretty mild compared to them ... especially when they lost thier topknots .... :>(

coyotesbluff · « **Reply #27 on:** November 29, 2009, 01:11:20 AM »

I agree with ya RdFx ... I just hit what came to my mind first . People around here don't seem to
see much trapping going on ...I think if there were to be some sort of "Boom" like as in the gold market
then I think you'd even see grandma out there trappin'. But people have it in their heads when you go to ask permission to hunt & trap on their land ,their okay if you mention hunt ...but when you mention the word trap to them they kinda get a twisted face and say ..." I don't allow trapping, the animals don't deserve to be stuck in a trap til you decide to come and get them." If this is the train of thought in
the older generation ...than this is being "steam rolled" into the younger generation and this IS a
major obstacle for us to overcome in order to get people to realize that trapping is'nt a cruel and
inhumane form of hunting. I think it takes a certain breed of person to do what we do and most aren't
willing to go this route no matter how you explain it to them.

Bogmaster · « **Reply #28 on:** November 29, 2009, 06:35:05 AM »

Todays young people,for the most part--are not outdoors people.Computers,computer games,and big screen 100 plus channel T.V.s, have done a lot to change that. The Disney mentality has also been a big influence on the way a lot of people think.All animals think and act the same way humans do--thus they should be treated in the same way.
Not only are hunting and trapping participation sliding---go by a playground or ballfield in the summer--how many kids do you see playing ball? Unless its scheduled--they don't do it on their own.
I was born in St.paul,MN. now this was in the 50s and early 60s.When we left the house in the morning,we were gone all day.We played ball every day of the week.I also started selling worms and frogs at age 10.I made $50.00 in the summer of 1961 on those worms at 5 cents a dozen and frogs at 3 cents each.
In 63 we moved to the country--at least it was then.This is where I started trapping and hunting. We still played ball every day,but we also,fished,hunted,caught and sold frogs and crayfish,and did whatever outdoor things came to mind.
Times have changed,attitudes have changed. How many guys do you run into ---THAT USED TO TRAP-- I hear it all the time.When asked why they aren't trapping now, its always--no money in it anymore.A big majority of those that used to trap,were not in it for the outdoor experience--they were only in it for the money.
Those that trap today ,are an entirely different breed of cat,from a lot of those that trapped in the boom years of 79 and the early 80s.Yes we want to make some money--but we also consider trapping an essenial part of our lives.
I am not trapping this fall--for the second time in 40 some years--and its driving me nuts.
Tom

trappnman · « **Reply #29 on:** December 06, 2009, 03:25:00 AM »

I think one of the m ost important things when talking kids along, is to not "take them along"

so many take youngsters, but as an aside, and the hunt or trapping or whatever, is still focuses on the grownup-

when you are taking a youngster- then THAT becomes the goal of the trip- not taking game, not getting as many traps out as possible, but teaching, looking at tracks, talking about weather, etc and etc

RdFx- that how we grew up as well- first thing in them orning out the door- and ma would asy where you going? "to the woods" and we would be there all day. hunted alone at 11, but strickly forbidden to hunt with any other kid- dad was very firm on that (the old 1 kid is a kid, 2 kids are half a kid theory.....). the alone hunting was learned after 2 years of going, but carrying unloaded gun, and man, I better always treat it as IF loaded- then hunts with dad, then allowed to go alone.

would that even be legal now a days I wonder?

same on trapping, I remember being carried on his shoulders at age 4-5 checking mink traps- and going bowhunting with dad is also one of my earliest memories. one day I'll never forget, dad spent it hand squeaking in fox just cause I thought it fun, rather than the lets be serious quiet bowhunting

Poll

HOW OLD ARE WE?

Author Topic: Age of those using this Trapping Forum (Read 2022 times)